{"product_id":"vintage-1953-utrillo-bistros-in-a-suburb-art-print","title":"Vintage 1953 Utrillo “Bistros in a Suburb” Art Print","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA beautiful vintage offset lithograph of \u003cem\u003eBistros in a Suburb \u003c\/em\u003e(1910) by Utrillo. This lithograph is printed on one side and hand tipped-in on a sheet of heavy paper.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eImage: 9 7\/8” x 7 7\/8” tipped in on heavy paper.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaurice Utrillo, born Maurice Valadon (26 December 1883 – 5 November 1955), was a French painter of School of Paris who specialized in cityscapes. Born in the Montmartre quarter of Paris, France, Utrillo is one of the few famous painters of Montmartre who were born there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUtrillo was the son of the artist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSuzanne Valadon\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(born Marie-Clémentine Valadon), who was then an eighteen-year-old artist's model. She never revealed who was the father of her child; speculation exists that he was the offspring from a liaison with an equally young amateur painter named Boissy, or with the well-established painter\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes, or even with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRenoir. In 1891 a Spanish artist,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMiquel Utrillo, signed a legal document acknowledging paternity, although the question remains as to whether he was in fact the child's father.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eValadon, who became a model after a fall from a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etrapeze\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eended her chosen career as a circus\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eacrobat,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efound that posing for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBerthe Morisot, Renoir,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and others provided her with an opportunity to study their techniques. She taught herself to paint, and when Toulouse-Lautrec introduced her to\u003cspan\u003e Edgar Degas,\u003c\/span\u003e he became her mentor. Eventually, she became a peer of the artists she had posed for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, her mother was left to raise the young Maurice, who soon showed a troubling inclination toward\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etruancy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealcoholism.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWhen a mental illness took hold of the 21-year-old Utrillo in 1904, his mother encouraged him to take up painting. He soon showed real artistic talent. With no training beyond what his mother taught him, he drew and painted what he saw in Montmartre. After 1910 his work attracted critical attention, and by 1920 he was internationally acclaimed. In 1928, the French government awarded him the Cross of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLégion d'honneur.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.6667px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThroughout his life, however, he was interned in mental asylums repeatedly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"thumb tright\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"thumbinner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"thumbcaption\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"magnify\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn middle age Utrillo became fervently religious and in 1935, at the age of fifty-two, he married\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLucie Valore\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand moved to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLe Vésinet, just outside Paris. By that time, he was too ill to work in the open air and painted landscapes viewed from windows, from postcards, and from memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough his life also was plagued by alcoholism, he lived into his seventies. Maurice Utrillo died on 5 November 1955 in Hotel Splendid in Dax\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof a lung disease, and was buried in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCimetière Saint-Vincent\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMontmartre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GOLDEN RULE GALLERY VINTAGE ART","offers":[{"title":"Unframed","offer_id":44284815212607,"sku":"nys1793027680159","price":37.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/5859\/8975\/files\/vintage-1953-utrillo-bistros-in-a-suburb-art-print_1.jpg?v=1793027686","url":"https:\/\/flanneloutfitstore.shop\/products\/vintage-1953-utrillo-bistros-in-a-suburb-art-print","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}